Amid LAC tension, additional Rs 1.2K cr for border roads
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New Delhi, September 14
With India and China locked in an intense military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the government today sought Rs 1,200-crore increase in the budget for strategic roads in the border areas all along the LAC.
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Prime Minister
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Standing by soldiers
Hope all MPs will send out a message in one voice that the country stands behind our soldiers posted at the border.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sought Parliament’s nod for additional spending on border roads, as part of the overall supplementary grants for the ongoing fiscal, ending March 31, 2021.
In the Union Budget in February, a sum of Rs 3,050 crore was earmarked for roads in border areas. The addition of Rs 1,200 crore makes it a 39 per cent jump over the original allocation. — TNS
Legislative overreach
This is legislative overreach and a direct attack on the federal structure. — Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress
It is beyond the legislative competence of this House to enact any law on agriculture, which is a domain of state governments. — Shashi Tharoor, Congress
Farming will move into the hands of capitalists with these legislations. — Saugata Roy, TMC
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